Huh ? We are having issues transferring files to the machine also (scp's are stalling). so this looks like a network issue right ? Check output from ifconfig, bind failed for an IP address.. all network related clues.

Well the issue turned out to be ORA_CRS_HOME set incorrectly. Once I set it correctly, I am able to start up a new database, and start my dbduplicate process.

I just wanted to pass this along, and hopefully help someone else who get's this cryptic message.